Kashmiri Muslims pay the price for New Delhi's failures
As New Delhi hammers the panic button while turning a blind eye to simmering discontent in the occupied valley, Indian forces have launched yet another crackdown on innocent Kashmiri Muslims in the Indian-Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
According to sources, civilians are being deliberately targeted in a thinly veiled attempt to sweep state failures under the rug.
They said that the Indian military has begun rounding up innocent civilians across various Muslim-majority areas in the occupied region in the wake of the Pahalgam attack.
The move is part of an orchestrated effort to conceal the security lapse that allowed the attack to happen despite an overwhelming military presence.
Meanwhile, a Kashmiri journalist who publicly questioned the official version of the Pahalgam incident has been forcibly detained by Indian troops.
The journalist had posed sharp questions, asking how terrorism could rear its head in Pahalgam despite the ironclad security measures, and what exactly over 700,000 Indian troops and security agencies were doing when the attack took place.
"While travelling to Pahalgam, I was stopped at ten different security checkpoints," he shared.
His arrest, reportedly carried out by Indian military personnel, is being viewed as part of a wider crackdown on dissent and independent reporting in the region.
The sources further claimed that anyone who questions the fascist regime of Prime Minister Narendra Modi – referred to by critics as the 'Butcher of Gujarat' – is either arrested or killed in staged encounters.
This is a repeated pattern in Indian-occupied Kashmir, where more than 800,000 troops are deployed and frequently accused of conducting fake encounters, they added.
"It has become a practice of the Indian army to target innocent Muslims after every false flag operation," the sources said, pointing to what they call a history of retaliatory action against civilians after such events.
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